Once you get used to using a pizza stone on a grill you’ll be using it all season long for easy, quick summer meals! I’ve combined a healthy, whole wheat pizza crust with smoked cheese, and my favorite recipe for fried green tomatoes to create a truly unique...

This fried green tomatoes recipe is one of those iconic southern dishes that you have to try at least once. They’re hard to find commercially but luckily this classic side dish is much easier to make than you might think. Green tomatoes, coated with a combination...

Brazilian Iced Coffee is a creamy, sweet coffee cocktail that’s sure to cool you off on the hottest August evenings. Espresso is shaken with sweetened condensed milk and a generous pour of dark rum then a little coconut rum is added just to give it that...

This easy blackberry cobbler recipe is full of plump berries and sweet dumplings that simmer along with a red wine blend until they come together in a thick, sweet compote. The red wine blend enhances the flavor of the berries and brings out bright flavors...

Summer entertaining should be fun, simple, and relaxing but too often we turn it into a new have-to. A simple idea of drinks with friends turns into appetizers, fancy cocktails, and hours of cooking and cleaning. Then we don’t understand why we spend far...

Preparation: 1h10 - Cooking: 5 min “This post was sponsored by Sargento® Foods as part of an Ambassador Program for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own.” Learn how to grill pizza and you’ll never buy takeout again! It’s the perfect way to get that fragile,...

Preparation: 15 min - Cooking: 30 min Easy cream cheese coffee cake recipe is stuffed full of rich cream cheese and tangy-sweet ripe summer berries, then topped with a crunchy cornbread crumble that will have you going back for more. Here’s a taste of the south in summer all in one delightful...

Preparation: 5 min Sex in the Driveway is a cocktail recipe that results in a beautiful blue cocktail. Perfect for sipping by the pool or serving at your barbecues, the only thing controversial about this drink is its name. For this recipe you’ll need: peach schnapps, blue...

This is a sponsored conversation written by me of behalf of Ball Park® brand. The opinions and text are all mine. I have a confession to make. One of my main guilty pleasures is a really good hot dog. I stopped eating them (mostly) several years ago because...

Preparation: 15 min - Cooking: 2 min “This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® and Glad, but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #pressnsealhacks http://my-disclosur.es/OBsstV” Summer is not the time for fussing over meals! Glad Press ‘n...

Preparation: 5 min This basic crumb crust recipe is versatile — you can use any of your favorite cookies, crackers, or even pretzels to create an easy no bake crust for pies, cheesecakes, and bars. I love the relaxed pace of summer. I love finishing up an assignment for a...

Remember those popsicles that came in a plastic sleeve and you put in the freezer? Well, how would you like to have that same kind of fun with cocktails? Not just cocktails but low calorie cocktails? The folks at Slim Chillers contacted me and wondered...

Remember those popsicles that came in a plastic sleeve and you put in the freezer? Well, how would you like to have that same kind of fun with cocktails? Not just cocktails but low calorie cocktails? The folks at Slim Chillers contacted me and wondered...

Blueberry scones. Doesn’t that seem like the perfect beginning of a summer adventure in a book? I know I have said it before — I love blueberries. I don’t care for them canned or frozen but when they are fresh I could eat a mountain of them. They happen...

When I was a little kid way back in the 1960s there were a couple of things on television that I loved. Magilla Gorilla Doby Gillis Red Rose Tea commercial Thanks to the magic of You tube I can watch … Continue reading →

Summer is finally starting to hint that it may consider showing up this year. We are still having weirdly cold days (Texas cold = less than 70 degrees) but the afternoons have started to release that baking heat that some … Continue reading →

From Memorial Day to Labor Day summer has a lot of entertaining opportunities. Independence Day is probably my personal favorite when it comes to entertaining. Memorial Day sort of kicks off summer vacation, Labor Day tells it goodbye, but the … Continue...